CHARACIFORMES

Matamoros, Wilfredo A., Schaefer, Jacob F. & Kreiser, Brian R., 2009, Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Honduras, Zootaxa 2307, pp. 1-38 : 9

CHARACIFORMES

Characidae . Primary.

Astyanax aeneus (Günther, 1860) . Banded tetra, sardina. Native.

Departments: Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Intibucá, La Paz, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Valle and Yoro. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Motagua, Chamelecón, Ulúa, Leán, Cangrejal, Lislis, Aguán, Sico-Tinto, Plátano, Patuca, Warunta and Coco. Pacific slope: Lempa, Goascorán, Nacaome, Choluteca and Negro.

Brycon guatemalensis Regan, 1908 . Macabi tetra, machaca. Native.

Departments: Choluteca, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, La Paz, Lempira, Santa Bárbara and Yoro. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Motagua, Chamelecón, Ulúa, Leán and Choluteca.

Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae Böhlke, 1958 . Tortuguero tetra, sardinita de Tortuguero. Native. Departments: El Paraíso, Gracias a Dios and Olancho. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Patuca, Warunta and Coco. Pacific slope: Choluteca.

Roeboides bouchellei Fowler, 1923 . Crystal tetra, sardinita plateada. Native.

Departments: Choluteca, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Olancho and Valle. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Sico-Tinto, Plátano, Patuca, Warunta and Coco. Pacific slope: Lempa, Goascorán, Nacaome, Choluteca and Negro.

Remarks: Bussing (2002) describes the distributional range for R. bouchellei as across the Atlantic slope of Central America from the Patuca River in Honduras to the Matina River in Costa Rica. Martin (1972) reported R. bouchellei (field numbers MMH 1969-14, MMH 1969-19, material deposited at LACM) in the Sico-Tinto o Negro River, which is located west of the Patuca River. We consider the distributional range of R. bouchellei to extend from the Sico-Tinto o Negro River in Honduras to the Matina River in Costa Rica, in the Atlantic slope of Central America.